- Title: U.S. foreign policy under Trump's administration in 2019.
- Date: 19th December 2019
- Summary: Iran and Russia on Tuesday (October 29) condemned U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to maintain a military presence near oil fields in north-eastern Syria, with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov saying any exploitation of resources would be illegal. GENEVA, SWITZERLAND (FILE - OCTOBER 29, 2019) (REUTERS) RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, SERGEI LAVROV, IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, MOHAMMAD JAVAD ZARIF, AND TURKISH FOREIGN MINISTER, MEVLUT CAVUSOGLU ARRIVING FOR NEWS CONFERENCE NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS (SOUNDBITE) (English) IRANIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, MOHAMMAD JAVAD ZARIF, SAYING: "Well it seems that the United States is staying to protect the oil (laughs) and at least President Trump is honest to say what the United States intends to do. Iran and Russia are there on the invitation of the Syrian government, and we intend to stay there as long as the Syrian government and Syrian people want us to be there." NEWS BRIEFING ONGOING (SOUNDBITE) (Russian) RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTER, SERGEI LAVROV, SAYING: "If we talk about the situation as such, this is illegal, these actions are illegal and in the United States there is a discussion between experts underway about how to assess the current developments and the experts voice the views that we totally agree with, and they quote the decisions of international courts on similar situations. The essence is that any illegal exploitation of natural resources of a sovereign state without its consent is illegal and that is the view that we share. Our U.S. colleagues are aware of our position and we will defend that position." VARIOUS OF UNITED NATIONS BUILDING EXTERIORS
- Embargoed: 2nd January 2020 08:00
- Keywords: Abu Bakar al-Baghdadi Baghouz Bashar al-Assad Donald Trump Erdogan Iranian President Hassan Rouhani Islamic State President Vladimir Putin Russia Syria Tayyip Erdogan Trump Turkey US foreign policy
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- Country: USA
- Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics,Editors' Choice
- Reuters ID: LVA013BAO0BWN
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: FOREIGN POLICY 2019 CONTINUES IN EDITS:
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